Bulgarian women's national ice hockey team
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| Association | Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation |
| World ranking | 34th place |
| Trainer | Wylie Riendeau |
| Most of the points | Mirela Zareva (11) |
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First international match Italy 41-0 Bulgaria Liepāja , Latvia ; September 2, 2008 |
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Biggest win Bulgaria 3-0 Ireland Sofia , Bulgaria ; March 18, 2011 |
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Biggest defeat Slovakia 82: 0 Bulgaria Liepāja , Latvia ; September 6, 2008 |
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| Participation | since 2011 |
| best result | 3rd Division V ( 2011 ) |
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The Bulgarian national ice hockey team for women is the national ice hockey team of Bulgaria in women's ice hockey . In April 2015, the team was 34th in the IIHF world rankings .
history
The Bulgarian national ice hockey team made its debut in September 2008 as part of the qualification for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games . There the Bulgarians had to compete against experienced teams from traditional ice hockey nations and had no chance in four games with a goal difference of 1: 192. The game against Slovakia in particular turned into a debacle for the newly formed national team and ended in a 0-82 defeat, which was the highest defeat in the history of women's ice hockey.
In January 2011, the national team played four test matches in the Turkish city of Erzurum against hosts Turkey and Slovenia and at least managed to keep the matches against Turkey within the limits (0: 5 and 2: 3). The games served as preparation for the 2011 World Cup , when Bulgaria made its World Cup debut as hosts in Division V. In their first World Cup participation, the Bulgarians won their first two competitive games and they finished the tournament in third place.
Placements
At world championships
- 2011 - 3rd place, Division V.
- 2012 - no participation
- 2013 - 2nd place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2014 - 3rd place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2015 - 4th place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2016 - 4th place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2017 - 4th place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2018 - 5th place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2019 - 5th place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2020 - 4th place, Division III
At the Olympic Winter Games
- 2010 - 5th place, Group A (pre-qualification)
Individual evidence
Web links
- Official website of the Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation
- Overview of Bulgaria's international matches (PDF; 174 kB) on nationalteamsoficehockey.com